Summary

If sockets are not available on Windows agents, source code checkouts will fail with a Windows socket error

Steps to Reproduce

1. Set up a Windows agent with invalid WinSocks configuration that needs to be refreshed
2. Set up a build with source code checkout
3. Run the build

Expected Results

The build runs as expected

Actual Results

The below exception is thrown in the atlassian-bamboo.log file:

2017-07-20 17:29:26,299 WARN [sshd-SshServer[1272c81]-nio2-thread-1] [Nio2Acceptor] Caught IOException while accepting incoming connection from /127.0.0.1:53265: An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket
java.io.IOException: An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket

Workaround

To work around this error, please reset WinSocks as follows:

1. Open the Command Prompt with elevated permissions (Run as Admin)
2. Run the following command at the command prompt: netsh winsock reset
3. Press Enter, and restart the computer

Related

Improvement request:

• BAM-18569 - Improved reporting when git hangs on Windows agents due to socket error